Vacuum-cleaner brush



Y. ZAHORSKY VACUUM CLENER BRUSH Filed Sept. 17. 924

Aug. 31, 1926. 1,597,855

' INVENToR.

Y 5 0 n ATTOEY.

vPatented Aug. 3l', 1926.

YOLANZDA ZAHOBSKY, '0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VACUUM-CLEANER, nnusn.

'Application med september 17, 1924. serial No. 738,114.

' This invention relates to brushes and more particularly to a noveland' improved clothes or hair brush which may be connected to a suitablesuction apparatus such as a vacuumv cleaner or blower whereby Athe dustand dirt v may be carried od as the said brush is being used.

One Iof the objects of my invention is to provide a brush headconstructed and arrange-d to receive removable sets of brushes or Vcombsincluding provision for conveying the dust or accumulated matter as thesame is loosened by the brushing or ,combingeleL ments.

further object of myinvention is to proa brush head, which may beattached to vit a suction device including a plurality of re-l movablebrushing or combing elements, po-

l sitioned on'each side `of aduct or passage into` which the dirt orforeign matter: may be drawn by the suction device as the" said velements engage the surface being cleaned or brushed. y A

To enable others skilled in the art to fully comprehend the underlyingfeatures of my invention that they may embody thesame in the variousmodifications 'in structure and relation contemplated, drawingsdepicting a preferred ,form have been annexed as a part of thisdisclosure and in such drawings, similar reference characters denotecorresponding parts throughout all. the views, of whichz Figure 1 is aview showing my invention as used in connection with a suction devicesuch as a vacuum' cleaner. j

Figure 2 is an enlarged, bottom view of the brush head and handle,lation of the bristles to the in the brush head. v

Figure 3 is a view of a comb adapted to be used in place of the brushesas shown by Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a transverse', through ure 2.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference charactersdesignate 'corresponding parts throu hout all the'views,'5 designatesany suita le suction device or apparatus such as a vacuum cleaner orblower to which a iiexible tube or pipe `6 is attached at one end, theopposite Aend of the tube beng adapted for connection to the end of ahandle 7, formed with a'brush head designated in its entirety -bynumeral 8. i

central passage sectional view, the brush head as shown by Fig" showingthe re#v The brush head is provided with the usual lat top and curved,bevelled sides 9, preferabl handle 7, which communicates with a centralpassage or trough 10 that extends longitudinally of the bottom face ofthe brush head. The said trough is closed by curved guard 11, preferablyformed of rubber or other resilient material which extends above thebottom surface of the-brush head. The sides of the guard are seated onopposed vlanges 12 and are held in the dovetailed grooves 13. A slot 14.in the top of the e guard,`permits the dust, dirt and otherforeignmatter to be drawn intor the chamber or passage 10 and outthrough the'hollow handle and tube or pipe 6 into the suction device'and in order. to prevent the passage of hair or other matter that mightclog the suction apparatus, a strip of gauze 15 is interposed beneaththe guard and on the flanges vabove referred to. Of course', it will bereadily understood that the guard 11 may be removed from thef front end16 of the brush head by sliding", the guard outwardly formed integralwith the hollow as by enga` ing the depression 17 with the finger or oterwise.

Disposed on .each 'side of the passagev 10 and itsguard, I have provideda palr of brushing elements in the form of a dovetailed plate 18, havingbristles 19, each of said plates being positioned in grooves 'formed inthe bottom face of the brush head and on opposite sides of the guard asheretofore described. The plates andthe bristles held therein arelikewise removable in the same manner as the guard 11 so theta pair ofcombs or a singlecomb may be positloned in lace of the bristles.` Thecomb is pref- 'era ly formed with a plate 20 having teeth 21 so thatwhen "a pair of such combs are used, the brush -head may be used forcombin the hair. 4

t will thus be seen from my construction that the brush head lendsitself to a ...multiplicity of uses such as for cleaning clothes, invwhich instance the bristles are.

will tend todraw the matter into-the passage or trough and out throughthe handle. The brush head is so constructed and arranged that the partsare easily positioned and maybe removed for cleanmg purposes when sodesired.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein mabe made. I therefore reserve the right an l privilege of changing theform of the detalls of `construction or 'otherwise alteringthearrangement of the spirit of the invention or the scope of thecorrelated parts without departing from the` slotted guard rictionallyseated on the flanges, la. hollow `handle communicating with the end ofthe longitudinal passage,

and a pair of cleaning elements removably positioned in the bottom faceof th'e brush he'addand on opposite sides of the said 2. A brush of theclass described in combination with a suction device, a brush headhaving a central longitudinal passage through the bottom face-thereof, apair of llateral ianges in said passage, af curved slotted guard and ascreen friction'ally seated on said flanges, a hollow handle formed withthe brush head and communieating with the end of the passage, the botftonli dface of the brush head having dovetai e ooves on leach side ofthe guard,l

remova le cleaning elements positioned in said grooves on each side ofthe guard;

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York thiseighth day of July A. D. 1924.

YOLANDA ZAHORSKY.

